The Collector is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album With Teeth. The track opens up with a very simple drum pattern which is prominent throughout the song and is soon joined by an equally simple bass rhythm. Despite the simplicity that Reznor has going …

Chris Brown’s fourth album “F.A.M.E.”; the title is an acronym which stands for: “Forgiving All My Enemies” or “Fans Are My Everything”. This was a better attempt at an album since his not-so-favorable previous album “Graffiti”.
This album kicks off with the song “Deuces” which was originally from Chris Brown’s …

Invisible Touch by Genesis is a classic album from the 1980s. Released in the late 80’s the popular rock group Genesis, this album became popular very quickly. I remember waiting in line to buy the tape cassette when it came out. I was very enthusiastic about …

I first heard this song on an awards show. And now I’m hearing it all the time on the radio. And at first I was a bit apprehensive about a song like this. But I realized that I actually like the personalities of both …

Hey Light is a song by Animal Collective and the second to appear on their fourth record, Here Comes The Indian. Continuing in a similar way to the previous track on the record, Hey Light opens up with a somewhat chaotic sounding introduction, but thankfully the band doesn’t go …

The Unforgiven would be the one song on The Black Album which I would define as being extremely musically mature and once again shows an excellent example of Metallica continuing to progress as excellent songwriters. The lyrics to this song deal with this person cutting himself off from society …

Head Like A Hole is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. The track opens up with some industrial sound effects before a drum pattern comes in which gives the song a solid rhythm. Soon enough a synthesizer comes in over …

Winning Ugly is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Dirty Work. The track opens up with a distinct bass rhythm accompanied by a drum part as well. Richards’ leads come in throughout this section as well as a synthesizer part, which I personally doesn’t …

Hand Of Fate is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. The song opens up with a slightly distorted guitar riff which goes pretty quickly into the first verse with Jagger singing over this riff along with the bass line and drum …

Welcome To Paradise, one of Green Day’s most well known songs is a track which appears on Dookie. Aside from the tracks which are on American Idiot then I’d actually probably say that Welcome To Paradise, or Longview, would be the most well known Green Day song, and with …

I am so excited when I can find this song on the internet because it was so long ago I’m looking for this song but I didn’t find it. This song is ‘Never Let You Down’ from Frankie J. When first time this single was launched, I fallin in …

“Green Machine” is the second song on Kyuss album “Blues For The Red Sun”. This critically acclaimed album was released 1992 and single-handedly defined the “stoner rock” and “desert rock” genres. The song itself was written by the bands drummer Brant Bjork and appears as one of two singles …

I just saw it in Youtube today, the premiere of We are the World 2010 remake. This was the new remake of the 25-year old song originally written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Riche for the famine in Africa. I remember I was just 5 years old when they …

The Struggle Within, the final track of The Black Album, is a song which unfortunately sends the album off on pretty much just an average note. I’ve praised Hetfield’s vocal work and performance throughout this entire album but unfortunately I can’t really say that about this track. I think …

ALIVE II
Haven’t we been down this road before? KISS releases a second LIVE album and it seems more mixed than ‘live’ like the first ALIVE Album (which ironically was also mixed quite heavily in the studio)
Considering that the songs presented here are not present on ALIVE I you can’t …

When I was in high school, I liked listening to Garth Brooks, among others. But, I haven’t really listened to any of his classic songs until recently; when my wife bought me his Ultimate Hits Collection for our anniversary. Now it’s all I listen to.
I haven’t had a chance …

Fight Test is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their record Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The song opens up with an echo-like effect and also sets up an atmosphere as if you’re in a huge arena of people watching a “fight test”, as the name …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Independent Women, Part 1
Album: Survivor/”Charlie’s Angels” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Francis Lawrence
“Independent Women, Part 1″ is a single and music video off of the original motion picture soundtrack to the 2000 film adaptation of “Charlie’s Angels”. You know something, looking back on 2007’s “I …

When The Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy) is a song by Gogol Bordello which appears as the first track on their album Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony. The song opens up with a pretty frantic accordion introduction which certainly would give a listener a feel for Gogol …

Man! I feel like a woman by Shania twain is a song about a woman just being herself and having fun. It talks about how the best thing about being a woman is the way we love to have fun. In my own words it is saying it�s okay …

American Tune is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the third track on their most recent 2011 release, Knife Man. In contrast to the previous track on the record, American Tune opens up with an acoustic guitar rhythm before the vocals come in the track and interestingly …

Lord I believe in You is a song popularized by Crystal Lewis. I have a copy of this song of hers. A friend shared to me her MP3 of this popular song of Crystal Lewis. The copy is very clear and vivid.
What would I say of this song? Well …

This magical show was filmed at Wembley Arena back in April 2004 and the DVD was released in November 2005. I bought a copy as soon as it came out and I have to say that I haven’t stopped watching it since. I must have watched it a million …

Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 6: The 70’s and 80’s CD is another delightful addition to the world of TV themes that reminds listeners of the great world of yesteryear.
One of the neat things about this collection is that the liner jacket lists all 65 themes included on the …

Loch Raven is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their album Feels. Opening up with a gentle feel, Loch Raven takes its time in introducing various instruments to the mix and continues to push Feels in a more melodic direction that has been established …

The song ‘My home’s in Alabama’ is by the group Alabama. It is a good song that makes you think of home where ever that may be. For me it reminds me of what my mom used to say when I was a kid and the fact that we …

Aaliyah ft. Missy Elliot and Timbaland
“Hot Like Fire”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Lance “Un” Rivera
Aaliyah follows up “4 Page Letter” with “Hot Like Fire” and, man, I will tell you right now, I have never ever seen so much red and…well… fire ever before in a video than this one …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Honey Love”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recording
R. Kelly and Public Announcement followed up “She’s Got That Vibe” with “Honey Love”, the second single and music video from their album titled “Born Into The 90s”. This song was also featured in the film, “Menace II Society” (1993). …

Overview —“ Dirt, the second album by Alice In Chains, continues with the sound that was developed and put forth on their debut album, but now it’s darker and sounds a lot more haunting, a lot of this due to Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley. Generally I’m not a …

The song walk over you is one of AC/DC’s songs that have a lot of aggression in. This song off the album Highway to Hell would have to be one of my favorites on the album. The intro is made up of slow distortion power chords played by …

I bought Aenima after i had loved Tool’s next album (Lateralus). I found that Aenima is just as good. When Aenima was released Tool was just a promising name in the hard rock genre, this album enstablished the band not only as a great name worldwide, blessed by sales …

Faryl Smith Album
In 2008 Faryl Smith stunned the many thousands of watchers on the TV Talent show Britain’s Got Talent. At the age of 13 who voice was truly unbelievable, in a good way that was, she had a voice just as good as the most known professionals in …

“Mass Hypnosis” is the 4th track on Sepultura’s infamous album “Beneath The Remains”. Although this happens to be one of my least favorite songs on this album, it is still pretty dang good. Especially by today’s music standards which is pretty much all rubbish and pish posh in my …

The song started with the introduction of choir who sand the first note with the accompaniment of soft keyboard sound. You can hear the great blending of the song as the lead vocalist Becky Lucas started to sing at the second intro of the song and then the instruments …

Another talented person in my eyes would be Tracy Chapman. You just need to listen to Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman to know that she is a real singer and the real deal. Most of her songs are about life and love in general and sometimes about …

Someday I’ll Grow To Be As Tall As The Giant is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with the fantasy-like sound which is characteristic to this record, the song oddly seems to have …

Overview —“ Melissa, the debut album released by Mercyful Fate, is an album that I actually got into because of Metallica. For those of you who don’t know, Metallica released a cover album entitled Garage Inc. which featured a song called Mercyful Fate which turned out to really just …

I love this song, Wait For You by Elliott Yamin so, so much. In fact, I would listen to this song track like almost everyday, it’s just impossible not to hear it. It would be so, so romantic if a guy could sing this song for me personally …

The Osmonds: The Plan CD is a very special compilation. Actually, compilation isn’t the right word. This project was a labor of both love and inspiration, written by the Osmonds and which musically told their religious beliefs. It’s tender and rock both and takes listeners on …

Train Of Consequences is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Youthanasia. The track opens up with a heavily palm-muted riff by Mustaine before a very ehavy bass line comes in beneath this. Mustaine comes in with the vocals which certainly has that characteristic snarl of his …

Ever since I had first heard of them when I was little back in the nineteen nineties, I have always been fond of the music of the Swedish pop group Abba. That is why I was very happy a couple years ago when I was introduced to the album …

In The Singing Box is a song by Animal Collective and is the final track on their second release, Danse Manatee. The best way I can characterize In The Singing Box is that it seems to be a track which has a fairly constant flow of music interacting with …

A song off the album Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon that I really enjoy is the track Crawl. the track starts off with the screech and feedback off the guitars. The band comes in with a heavy drum beat and that awesome bass line that …

On the fifth album, Counting Crows deliberately to display two different themes. On side A, we are treated to color hard rock music, while the B side, bringing us to the nuances of folk. This album in a short time was ranked 3rd U.S. Billboard 200. Long enough for …

Before Franz Ferdinand’s debut self-titled album released in 2004, Scotland has only Rod Stewart, Shirley Manson and Annie Lennox, who each of them has something different than just singing. Image which was built by Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson, was like white boy disco, a …

Jay-Z ft. Blackstreet
“The City Is Mine”
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
“The City Is Mine” follows “(Always Be My) Sunshine” as the second music video and single from Jay-Z’s second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″. Here, Jay-Z samples “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” by The Jones Girls …

Some of you may like surfing through the radio stations listening to a song here, a song there —“ but maybe some of you surf for the same reason I do: that I can’t seem to find anything good. On the rare occasion that I do, as the …

Ciara ft. Lil’ Jon
“That’s Right”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: The Fat Cats
Ciara brings us yet another song about female empowerment, this one being about a woman telling her boyfriend that she doesn’t want to let him ruin her fun in exchange for his selfish needs. Boo-hoo. The name of the …

Flaming is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Flaming opens up with a very unconventional sound as it sort of makes you feel as if you’re in the middle of the jungle due to some dark tribal-like …